The rehabilitation and conservation effort of Chowk Wazir Khan began on October 1, 2015. Immediately adjoining the Wazir Khan Mosque, it is an area of historical significance and a key component of the Shahi Guzargah, a key thoroughfare of the Walled City of Lahore. The mosque was commissioned by the then governor of Punjab, ‘Ilmuddin […]
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Navroz is celebrated on March 21 every year.[/caption] By Muhammad Amin The word Navroz has been derived from the Persian Nav and Roz – Nav meaning new and Roz day, respectively. As a whole, Navroz means the new day of the year. The tradition marks the first day of the spring or equinox and the
PESHAWAR: Experts at a seminar here stressed the need for steps to preserve the Kalash culture of Chitral. They said that Kalash valley would be the first in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to have an inventory of ICH elements. They said that a list of 45 ICH items of Kalash would be handed over to federal government
The directorate of culture organised the Chitral Cultural Night attended by large number of music lovers, students and Peshawar-based Chitrali families. Khalid Masood, a former PTI provincial chief, was the chief guest, while former Darosh nazim Sartaj Khan presided over the event. They said that local culture needed to be promoted to encourage cultural diversity.
Muhammad Amin According to traditions, Nasir Khusraw practised a 40-day chehla (a mystical practice) in a cave in the cliff of Injigan (present Garam Chashma) after his arrival from Yumgan of Badakhshan province in Afghanistan. After completing the chehla, he came out on February 1, as is assumed, and thus the festival is celebrated in
چترال کے اساتذہ اور محکمہ کے انتظامی افسران میں ہمارے مرحوم استاد محترم وقار احمد صاحب اور یہ خاکسار غصیلے مشہور تھے۔ مرحوم استاد سے اس بارے پوچھنے کا موقع نہ ملا اور وہ ہمیں چھوڑ گئے۔ میں تو اپنے گھر والوں کے نزدیک بھی ناک چڑھی مشہورہوں حالانکہ مجھ سے کہیں زیادہ ںاک چڑھانے
The participants of the meeting through a resolution asked the government to create separate column for all regional and local languages in the forthcoming census in the country. They said that the documentation of all the small languages in the census was vital for their preservation. ]]>
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